This year has seen a flurry of activity in the bakery, snack and cereal market with big buys, joint ventures and companies left up for sale as we enter 2013. BakeryandSnacks.com takes a look back at some of the most prominent moves to shake up the sector…

Kellogg snaps up Pringles

Cereal giant Kellogg Company became the globe’s number two snack player with its $2.7bn buyout of Pringles
. The deal was confirmed in February and passed in June.

Diamond Foods was in the bidding for the iconic snack brand but its bid collapsed as it removed its CEO and CFO over improper accounting.

Flowers Foods seals Lepage Bakeries buy

Flowers Foods paid out $370m for its purchase of Lepage Bakeries
in a move set to expand its presence into new US territories. The deal was confirmed in June and finalized mid-June.

Its CEO said it represented part of the wider puzzle towards industry consolidation.

Intersnack snatches KP Snacks

Intersnack snatched KP Snacks
in a deal rumored to be around $600m this month after six years of ‘eyeing’ it.

United Biscuits was the focus of many takeover rumors over the year, with Wahaha and Kellogg among the rumored suitors.

Bright Food wins Weetabix

Bright Food won Weetabix for £1.2bn ($1.95bn) back in November after the initial buyout announcement was made in May.

This year has seen a flurry of activity in the bakery, snack and cereal market with big buys, joint ventures and companies left up for sale as we enter 2013. BakeryandSnacks.com takes a look back at some of the most prominent moves to shake up the sector…